chilling
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bitter, bleak, chill, chilly, nipping, nippy, raw, sharp
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Considering the increasingly remote chances for peace in the Middle East, this tale of a madman’s fanaticism takes on an especially chilling and mournful power. — Stephen Farber, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Incitement': Film Review | TIFF 2019," 8 Sep. 2019 Earlier this year, local government officials announced the discovery of hundreds of chilling items at Nazi massacre sites in northwestern Germany. — Fox News, "Hitler's secret Nazi war machine revealed in hidden bases," 6 Sep. 2019 And hundreds more live on the streets across Alabama, as J.D. Crowe has been showing us in chilling words and illustrations. — John Archibald | [email protected], al, "Support more than our troops; support our people," 4 Sep. 2019 Painted with ghastly white and red makeup, able to change shape at will, and armed with rows of sharp teeth, Pennywise is a deliberate blank who just so happens to favor a particularly chilling form. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "It Chapter Two Is a Blockbuster Horror Epic," 3 Sep. 2019 It’s more about the concept of actually just chilling and listening to music for no reason. — Joe Coscarelli, New York Times, "Lana Del Rey on Trump, Kanye and the Right Time for a Protest Song," 28 Aug. 2019 Oh, and then there's this chilling thought experiment, courtesy of an Obama White House staffer who's lived through a presidential administration that went through global recession. — Graeme Mcmillan, WIRED, "While You Were Offline: Trump Named the Wrong City for Ohio's Mass Shooting," 11 Aug. 2019 And Rivera’s aria of Peter’s post-denial darkness was sparse, chilling and deeply touching. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: A powerful Passion closes Minnesota Orchestra’s Latin Sommerfest," 3 Aug. 2019 The notion of man as intrinsically irreparable carries with it a chilling dread. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "How Batman Begins Changed the Movies," 19 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'chilling.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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